Party combos

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yea yea, i know we have had tons of these kind of posts. but they go away quick and are to full to bring back to the top. So i was wondering what kinda combos everyone has tried.. and what is the hardest yet most fun to use...
currently i have a party where minsc is my only attacker, everyone else is an archer mage/theif or cleric. and lemme tell you the spell casting is fun, but i just got done with the hold and IT was Hard like that! i need my death spells! they make everything easy!

 

How about an all girls party. My party has 3 fighters, 3 thieves, 4 mages, 1 druid and 1 cleric. How on earth you may ask?

1. GODDESS (my character) - fighter/mage/thief
2. Jaheira - druid/fighter
3. Mazzy - fighter
4. Aerie - mage/cleric
5. Nalia - mage/thief
6. Imoen - mage/theif

My main character never get hold/charm/confuse/etc. If you get a Mordenkain Sword spell early, cast it and kill it. It will drop a green amulet which will give you immunity to all the ESP effect spells.

Charlie's Angels, eat yr socks out.

 

I wanted to experienced the three new "classes" but did not want to go through the game three times so I created a Sorceress, a Barbarian and a Monk.

1. Sorceress (protagonist)
2. Barbarian, specializing in 2-handed sword and staff
3. Monk, gauntlets of crushing-fists or Celestial Fury
4. Anomen, fighter-cleric with Crom Faeyr or enhanced Mace of Disruption
5. Jan, thief/illusionist firing bolts and spells
6. Aerie, cleric/mage slinging bullets and spells

The Barbarian is basically a fighter but the monk and sorcerer is a whole new experience.

 

My team is:

Me: Berserker
Minsc, ranger
Jaheira, druid
Anomen, cleric (now a Knight)
Nalia, mage/thief
Imoen, mage/thief

Usually, my tactic is the following:

And send Me and Minsc to rush the ennemy. I keep Jaheira and Anomen in backup behind with Nalia and Imoen. They all cast spells. Anomen have a sling +3. So between spoells, Anomen, Nalia and Imoen shoot at ennemy (Nalia: light crossbow +1, Imoen Short bow +2 with special: 3 attack/round).

When there's too much people for Me and Minsc, I send Jaheira in the front, then Anomen, if needed. Nalia and Imoen stay at the back, and continue casting spells and shooting at ennemy with bolts and arrows.

All of them are between level 12 and 14. Nalia can now cast level 7 spells. Anomen too. They rock!

My only concern is about Jaheira. I keep her in my party only for sentimental reasons. Becauses I dont think she's a really useful caracter. Average fighter. Spell casting? Anomen is better.

But since BG1, she became a real good friend and I cant let her go.

 

One last thing:

I always use Berserker rage ability for "Me".

When I do this, I just transform himself into a Bulldozer!

 

Daesdta Ceryn: Thief: +2short sword with anti-hold/bow with 3 shots a round
Minsc: That +3 sword that talks
Dwarf dude: That throwing axe that comes back and the frost and fire damage axe for close combat
That knight dude that helps take out the sightless eye people: his traditional weapon
jahiera; she has 2 of those heal whole party spells, and then the level 6 spell where she can remember 2 previous spells, so at the moment she can heal the whole party 4 times before resting, not to mention bear and fire elemental summoning, plus other heal spells. also with the belt of giant strength she is a bad@$$ fighter with a plus-one scimitar and the reflecting shield.
that evil mage guy in the thief guild: he is also bad @ with his 6 magic missiles, 2-3 third level creature summons, and random elementals. kinda weak, but better than that wingless elf chick.
my thief (straight thief kinda sucks) stays back with his fast bow or he goes in with his sword, i have the 3 huge fighters, they rock, and jahiera heals while that evil mage dude takes people out. straight and simple like. im not too far in the game, so these are the best mix i have found so far. sorry if this post is too long.

 

I'm playing a multiplayer game alone. Here's my party:

Half-Orc Kensai (Protagonist) -17th level
Human Monk -17th level
Dwarf Priest of Talos -17th level
Half-Elf Avenger (Druid) -14th level
Halfling Swashbuckler (Thief) -19 th level
Elf Mage - 15-16th level.

And I think that's a very strong party.

I'm planning to start a new game with an evil party.
- Half-orc Barbarian (Protagonist)
- Korgan (Berserker)
- Viconia (Drow priestless)
- Haer' Dalis (Thiefling Bard)
- Yoshimo (and take Jan Jansen after Yoshimo betray you)
- Edwin (Conjurer)

What do you think of it?

 

I dream-the-impossible-dream of being able to one day figure out how to play a multiplayer game alone. It's been very frustrating. I've tried several times to set up such a multiplayer game, but I'm a virtual idiot with PCs, and I'm always prompted for configurations that I have no idea how to make or asked for imformation I don't know and don't know how to get. I hit brick wall after brick wall. They really should design the instructions so people like me who have never been able to successfully initiate an online game (even tried Diablo) can easily understand it. A screen of abbreviations and strange terms doesn't do anything for me.

Do I understand it right that you have to be online to play a multiplater game by yourself? That seems, well, stupid. And I doubt my connection is fast enough to do that anyway. There is no god.

 

You don't have to be online to play a multiplayer game all by yourself. I think there's is something about it in the manual. Anyway if you want to play a game with each 6 character pre-custum by yourself you have to start a new multiplayer game and choose to play with a serial connection. Then you have to create a new game and enter your name and a session name. You only have to assign each character to yourself and then start the game. Enjoy!

[This message has been edited by desperado (edited December 15, 2000).]

 

Thanks. I'll try it again and use your serial connection advice. There are so many kits I want to play that I can't wait to make my own supercool party of jesters and sorcerers and kensai! Nifty keen! Peechie rad! Boss! Outdated slang!

I may be back with another question if I hit another brick wall...

 

Well, I've posted my party enough, so I'll post my favorite current party type and why.

fighter/mage
fighter
ranger
fighter/druid(or cleric perhaps)
cleric/mage
thief/mage

Of course this is only good in games where you can achieve high levels. This combo gives me the option of four people who can fight melee, which I prefer over the archer style as long as I have a strong party. However, with a week party, I can still have four archers if need be. This also gives me three mages, two good ones at least and one weak one. This is a huge help to all you magic lovers out there, and dual or multi classing them kepps them from being one dimensional. I have two healers, and both can be farily good ones in BG2. A multi druid can not cast level 7 spells, though , but the multi cleric can. I think this more than makes up for the lack of a pure cleric, and the ranger can always use cleric spells. Oh, and if you're wondering why I choose a ranger: one is the spells, two is the fact that I need a scout without a viable thief option. Ranger's special abilities (spellcasting, hide in shadows) can actually come in very usefull in this game, which is nice. I relegated the thief class pretty far down the lader of importance, but I'm not much of a backstaber, and their important skills can be developed at early levels pretty well. Plus their is some thief skill enhancing equipment usually scatered about.

I think this party gives one of the best balances I've seen, and I also think it is one of the most powerfull.

 

Your Welcome Nerworlder! I'ld like somes opinions about the evil party I'm planning to start. Like I said on my last post ^.
Why everbody said that Haer' Dalis suck...? I think that he is pretty cool. I love to play a thiefling in Planscape (P&P) and I've always love the bard class. Although, Haer' Dalis seems to not possess any of the great power of the thiefling.

 

Bards are not bad but Haer Dalis has awful stats. That's why he sucks ass.
Like Cernd, not annoying but just tooo weak.

 

The only bad stat for Haer' Dalis is his constitution. His stats total is 87! Not to bad if you consider that most of the npc have a stat total between 80-82 or less... Go see yourself here: http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/Walkthrough/npcs.php

 

It's enough to say:' screw him, I'll take the jerk Anomen anytime over this wimp!'

 

Dual class on a couple characters is a very nice plus when building a party. I prefer dual class over multi-class because I do not want to waste to much experience in spliting between two classes. For instance, I have a mage that I dual classed immediately to a fighter in chapter one. I get a charater that has a load of non-fighting spells (identify, invisibility, etc) that is also a good archer with OK melee skills. All xp is now going to the fighter class and not being split on a mage I do not need. The downside is 7 levels of mage hit points instead of figher. Unfortunately I think BG1 was a little more dual class friendly because I think had a fighter/cleric that could use a long bow. Basic goal is to have as many peole with long bows as possible (I prefer rate of fire over damage to disrupt spell casters)

My current party:
Paladin (lets face it, the game was written for a paladin as the protaganist)
Fighter/Cleric
Mage/Fighter
Bounty Hunter (need a thief and I love the traps)
Sorcerer
Theif/Mage (Nalia or Imoen)

The paladin and cleric engage in melee while the other pick everyone off with bow and spells. So far so good.

 

Thanks a lot, Desp. Your "serial connection" suggestion solved the multi-player problem that has bugged me since I got the game.

As such, I've started two custom parties (each with an empty slot for special guest stars like Nalia):

He Who Seeks Truth (male Human Monk)
Gorgana (female Half-Orc Barbarian)
Drake (male Half-Elf Cleric/Ranger)
Sirill (female Elf Sorcerer)
Six (male Half-Elf Jester)


Kenja (female Human Kensai-dual-Mage)
Shadowfoot (male Gnome Swashbuckler)
Anjelis (male Human Cavalier)
Eve (female Half-Elf Avenger)
Andromeda (female Elf Archer)

 

I'm also trying an evil party, and it seems to me that you don't even nééd a PC to make a killer-team.

Korgan is without a doubt the strongest fighter in the game, an entire front-line on his own.
Edwin can have tons of spells thanks to his amulet, making him an incredibely powerful mage.
Viconia is simply a near-perfect Cleric (not to mention her MR, especially near the end of the game)
Jaheira is a nice melee addon for Korgan (I even use her with Quarterstaff), and a good extra spellsling (gotta love that druid spells).
And finally Jan is all you need to make your party ready for all possible challenge : a great thief and a more then decent back-up mage.

I'm playing with a Blade as protagonist, although I guess a Ranger, or a Paladin, or maybe a Barbarian or a Monk could make the party even stronger.

 

Neverworlder: Don't call me Desp, I'm call DESPERADO (kidding). I'm please to fix your problem Neverworlder. But I wonder how a female half-orc barbarian (Gorgona) should look... must be ugly !!!

 

She's kinda hot (Charisma 9), in a I-can-flex-my-left-boob-and-crush-your-puny-human-skull sort of way.

And don't call her Gorgona, it's GORGANA (just kidding). Thanks again.

[This message has been edited by Neverworlder (edited December 19, 2000).]